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Eev. G. BEOWN, Pees't, Uniontown, Pa. 

Hon. A. STEWART, Uniontown, Pa. 

Hon. E. P. FLENNIKEN, " " 

Eev. C. AVEET, Alleghany City, Pa. 

Eev. JAS. HOPWOOD, Fayette Co., Pa. 

J. KURTZ, Fayette County, Pa. 

Eev. E. T. EEESE, Baltimore, Md. 

P. LEWIS, Ohio. 

Eev. J. PAEIS, North Carolina. 

JOEL EICE, Georgia. 

Eev. C. SPELNGEE, Muskingum Co., 0. 

ISAAC BEESON, Uniontown, Pa. 

JAMES PIPEE, Esq., « " 

JOS. L. PHILLIPS, " " 

H. GEIFFITH, Fayette Coimty, Pa. 

J. COX, Fayette County, Pa. 

THOS. BEOWNFIEIJ), Uniontown, Pa. 

J. H. TARE, Esq., Fayette Coimty, Pa. 

¥M. MOEEISON, Alleghany City, Pa. 

G. VICKEES, Esq., Chestertovm, Md. 

Eev. E. HENKLE, Frederick City, Md. 

Eev. JAS. EOBLNSON, Alleghany Co., Pa. 

THOMSON HANNA, Jefferson Co., 0. 

E. HABEISON, Alabama. 

Eev. P. S. GEAVES, Louisiana. 

Eev. JOEL DALBY, Ohio. 



EEV. J. A. SIMPSON, Ohio. 

S. MOEEISON, Virginia. 

TO. HARDING, Esq., Beathmille, Va. 

Eev. E. B. THOMSON, Smitlifield, Va. 

E. H. PIEEPONT, Esq., Marion Co., Va. 

Eev. GEO. BEOWN, Hancock Co., Va. 

W. M. BARNES, Uniontown, Pa. 

S. J. COX, Fayette County, Pa, 

T. J. NESMITH, Esq., Uniontown, Pa. 

A. L. WITHEES, Cumberland, Md. 

Eev. T. F. NOEEIS, Boston, Mass. 

P. U. HOOK, Esq., Uniontown, Pa. 

A. GALLENTINE, Esq., Fayette Co., Pa. 

Eev. J. S. SMITH, New York. 

J. M. AUSTIN, Esq., Uniontown, Pa. 

JOHN GALLAGHEE, Fayette Co., Pa. 

C. G. PAGE, Brownsville, Pa. 

De. L. LLNDLEY, Connellsville, Pa. 

Eev. J. T. A. HENDEESON, Fayette 

Coimty, Pa. 
H. H. BEESON, Uniontown, Pa. 
Judge J. HUSTON, Fayette County, Pa. 
Judge WIT-KINS, Pittsburg, Pa. 
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R. H. BALL, President, 

PROFESSOR OP MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND (FOR THE PRESENT) 
THE NATURAL SCIENCES. 



J. F. CROCKER, 

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS 



W. J. T. CARROLL, 



PROFESSOR OF LANGUAGES 



J. DAWSON, 

PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 



J. B. HOWELL, 

PROFESSOR OF MUNICIPAL LAW. 



MONS. AUGUSTUS MOT, 



TEACHER OF MODERN LANGUAGES 



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English Grammar, Ancient and Modern Geography, Arithmetic, Ele- 
mentary Algebra and Geometry, Latin Grammar, Latin Reader, 
Latin Exercises, Cornelius Nepos, Caesar's Commentaries, Virgil, 
Greek Grammar, Greek Reader, Greek Exercises, Book Keeping, 
Ancient and Modern History, Declamation and Composition. 

Note. — Bullion's Latin Grammar, Latin Reader and Greek 
Reader, and Fisk's Greek Grammar, are preferred. 

Latin — Cicero's Orations, Quintus Curtius, Odes of Horace, Krebs' 
Guide. 

Greek — Xenophon's Anabasis, Herodotus, Greek Testament, Arnold's 
Greek Prose Composition, Classical Literature, Grecian and Roman 
Antiquities. 

Mathematics — Algebra, (Davies' Bourdon,) Geometry, (Davies' Legen- 
dre,) Geometry of Planes and Solids, Plane Trigonometry, with ap- 
plication to the measurement of Heights and Distances, Mensuration 
of Surfaces and Solids. 

English — Ancient History, Declamation and Composition. 

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Latin — Livy, Horace's Epistles and Satires, Cicero de Officiis, Horace 
Ars Poetica, Krebs' Guide, Roman Antiquities. 

Greek — Homer's Iliad, Demosthenes' Orations, Greek Testament, Ar- 
nold's Greek Prose Composition, Grecian Antiquities. 

Mathematics — Analytical Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Survey- 
ing, Leveling, Navigation, Nautical Astronomy, Descriptive Geome- 
try, (Davies',) Shades and Shadows, Linear Perspectives, (Davies'.) 

English — Rhetoric, Lectures on English Literature, Ancient and Modern 
History, Declamation and Composition. 






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Latin — Cicero de Oratore, Tacitus' Germania and Agricola, Terence, 
Latin Composition. 

Greek — Prometheus of iEschylus, Gorgias of Plato, Anachreon, Greek 
Testament, Greek Composition. 

Mathematics — Conic Sections, (Bridges',) Analytical Geometry, Differ- 
ential and Integral Calculus. 

Natural Sciences — Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology. 

English — Logic, Natural Theology, Political Economy, Lectures on Ag- 
riculture, Composition and Debate. 

French, German and Hebrew, (optional.) 

Latin — Juvenal and Perseus, Plautus, Review of Latin Authors, Latin 
Composition. 

Greek — Selections from Sophocles, Euripides, iEschylus and Aristo- 
phanes, Review of Greek Authors, Greek Composition. 

Mathematics — Mixed Mathematics — Review of Mathematical Course. 

Natural Sciences — Astronomy, Botany, Philosophy of Natural History, 
Lectures on Physiology. 

English— Mental and Moral Philosophy, Evidences of Christianity, Po- 
litical Philosophy, International Law, Constitution of United States, 
Agricultural Chemistry and Lectures on Agriculture, Composition 
and Debate. 

French, German and Hebrew, (optional.) 





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It will be seen that the foregoing course of study is compre- 
hensive and complete. The student, therefore, who shall have 
become familiar with its subjects, will be admitted to honorable 
graduation in the Bachelor's Degree. The aim of the Faculty in 
the selection of Text Books in the several Departments, has been 
to adopt the most approved ; but, while the student is required to 
obtain a thorough knowledge of their contents, it is by no means 
intended that the course of daily instruction shall be limited to 
Text Book examinations — it also includes recent facts and illus- 
trations deduced from the improvements of the age, and the 
extensions of Science, as far as these can be rendered available. 

In the department of the Natural Sciences the student is daily 
exercised in chemical manipulations, and philosophical experi- 
ments, with the use of apparatus of the most improved style, so 
that he becomes practically as well as theoretically acquainted 
with these most useful and important branches of knowledge. 
The College is provided with an excellent apparatus for illustra- 
ting the several subjects of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and 
Astronomy ; a choice collection of Minerals ; and a sufficiently 
extensive Library, to which the students have ready access. 

The four years' course of Collegiate study, preparatory to 
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sanction of the learned world, and in every respect seems best 
calculated to insure sound scholarship. Indeed, it being the ob- 
ject of education to develop, strengthen and mature the mind, that 
system must be defective which leaves dormant any of its facul- 
ties. Hence, in the arrangement of a collegiate course of study, 
special regard is had to the gradual progression of the mind, a 
previous subject being always preparatory to another of higher 
grade. Therefore, the student having taken the full course, is 
qualified for the offices and duties of life, so far as educational 
advantages are concerned, and thus he returns home, the bearer 
of honors, the well-earned reward of his industry and faithfulness. 



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PARTIAL COURSE. 

Within all institutions of learning some are found whose pecu- 
liar circumstances or preferences induce them to pursue a partial 
course of study. The cases of such seem not to have been suffi- 
ciently provided for in the college schemes of our country. They 
pursue and complete — it may be with great credit to themselves 
— their limited course : but at its close, on leaving College, they 
bear home with them no official testimonial of proficiency in the 
branches studied. The very liberal terms of the Charter of our 
Institution put it in the power of the Trustees and Faculty of 
Madison College to provide a remedy for this apparent defect. 
To secure to such students the merited rewards of their industry 
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r rrustees, with the advice and consent of the Faculty, that u any 
student who shall have completed the prescribed course in the 
Ancient Languages, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, 
Moral and Mental Philosophy, the Modern Languages, or Muni- 
cipal Law, and shall have passed an approved examination before 
the Faculty, in any of these departments, shall be admitted to 
graduation, and shall receive a diploma, in due form, bearing the 
official seal of the College, and signed by the President and Pro- 
fessors, specifying his proficiency in the branch or branches 
studied." 

It is believed that this arrangement supplies a great desidera- 
tum, and beautifully harmonizes with the spirit of the age. The 
student, whose time or means may be limited, Or whose parents 
or guardian may desire him to be prepared for a particular profes- 
sion or pursuit in life^ is accommodated to his advantage ; while 
the Institution is- sufficiently guarded in its interests by placing 
the standard of graduation so high} that nothing less than thor- 
oughness in the full College course in any department will 
secure a Diploma. 

This is a new feature, which cannot fail to secure the favorable 
regard of all sections of the country. Indeed, some such plan 
has been long since demanded ; and it is to meet this demand of 
public sentiment, that it has been adopted by Madison College. 

EDUCATION SOCIETIES. 



Within the borders of the church many pious young men are 
found, who are anxious to make educational preparation for the 
work of the ministry, but who have not the pecuniary means ne- 



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cessary to accomplish their noble desire. In behalf of such, to 
enable them to become students at Madison College, it is advisa- 
ble that Education Societies be formed, in the different circuits 
and stations. The ladies are ever prompt in schemes of benevo- 
lence connected with the prosperity of the church. In other 
denominations, many faithful watchmen on the walls of Zion owe 
much of their influence and usefulness to the happy appropriation 
of the proceeds of such associations. Will the sisters of our 
church be wanting in zeal in such a cause ? The funds of these 
Societies might be judiciously expended, in part, in the purchase 
of limited scholarships for such students ; and, in part, in defray- 
ing their other necessary expenses while at College. 



LOCATION, 

The location of the College, on an eminence commanding a fine 
view of Uniontown and the surrounding country, is one of the 
most eligible that could be imagined. The valley of the Red- 
stone, rich and beautiful, beginning near the base of the Alleghany 
Mountains ? and extending, with its fertile fields and diversified 
landscapes, as far as the eye can reach, affords a prospect almost 
enchanting. The healthfulness of the climate, the proverbial po- 
liteness, intelligence and refinement of its citizens, their cordial 
co-operation in sustaining the College, the facility of communica- 
tion with all parts of our country — these, and many other consid- 
erations that might be mentioned, conspire to make Uniontown 
one of the choice places of the world for the location of an insti- 
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ADMISSION INTO THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. 

Students may enter at any time in the session, being charged 
from the beginning of that half term or quarter in which they 
enter. Those who desire to enter the Freshman Class must pass 
an examination on the Preparatory Course or its equivalent. 

Candidates for an advanced Class are examined on the studies 
to which the Class they seek to enter has already attended. 

Students from other Colleges are required to exhibit a certifi- 
cate of good moral standing. 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. 

The study of this great profession has been too much neglected 
in our Colleges ; and the consequence is, that many young men, 
who receive a collegiate education, and engage in agricultural 
pursuits, entirely fail, for want of correct knowledge of their bus- 
iness. This chair must be regarded, therefore, as very important, 
by those who intend to engage in farming. It is under the con- 
trol of Judge J. Dawson, whose extensive reading, and practical 
observation and experience, offer to the student rare advantages 
in qualifying himself for this most delightful occupation. 



DEPARTMENT OF LAW. 

This department, under the professional management of Gen. 
J. B. Howell, is in successful operation. Law students are al- 
lowed to join the Literary and Scientific Classes, and to pursue 
such branches of study as may be deemed expedient, simultane- 
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Besides a full course of reading, the Professor intends to deliver 
two courses of Lectures each year. 

Course of Instruction. — Robertson's Charles V ; Hume's His- 
tory of England ; Blackstone's Commentaries ; Coke on Littleton ; 
Real Estate; Personal Property; Contracts; Domestic Relations; 
Parties to Action ; Forms of Action ; Pleading ; Evidence ; Nisi 
Prius ; Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes ; Insurance ; 
Corporations ; Criminal Law ; Equity ; Constitution of the United 
States • Law of Nations ; Conflict of Laws. 

RELIGIOUS EXERCISES. 

The daily session is opened with religious worship, when all 
the students are required to be present. 

Every student must be regular in his attendance, each Sabbath, 
at the church which, on entering College, he may have designa- 
ted to the Faculty as his preferred place of worship. Each Sab- 
bath afternoon he is also required to attend a Bible class recitation 
conducted by the President. 

STUDENTS OF THEOLOGY, 

Candidates for the ministry may omit the Mathematical studies 
of the Junior and Senior Classes, in lieu of which they will pur- 
sue the Theological course. 



HOURS OF RECREATION AND STUDY. 

The hours of recreation are from 6 to 8 o'clock in the morn- 
ing, from 12 to 2 o'clock, P. M., and from 5 to 7 o'clock, P. M. 
At all other times the student is required to be in his private 
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EXAMINATIONS. 

There are two examinations ; the first occurs at the expiration 
of the first term, the last week in January ; — the second, the week 
next preceding the Annual Commencement. These examinations 
are rigidly conducted before a Board of Examiners. 

COMMENCEMENT. 

The annual Commencement is held on the last Wednesday in 
June, when all who shall have passed to graduation will receive 
their Diplomas. 

ANNUAL SESSION AND VACATION. 

The annual Session, beginning the first Monday in September, 
is divided into two equal terms. July and August are vacation 
months. 

MADISON LITERARY SOCIETY. 

This Society has an elegantly furnished Hall, and has already 
laid the foundation for an excellent Library. It offers great 
advantages to the student. 

ENDOWMENT. 

The plan that has been adopted to secure an early endowment 
of the Institution, and which promises to insure its permanency 
and full success, may be briefly set forth as follows : 

1. The sale of Perpetual Scholarships at five hundred dollars 
each. The purchaser is entitled to the privilege of sending one 
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with the establishment, free from any, College dues, the Matric- 
ulation and Graduation fees excepted. 

2. The sale of Limited Scholarships for one hundred dollars 
each. The purchaser has the right to send one student, for a pe- 
riod not exceeding five years, who shall likewise be entitled to 
all the advantages of the Institution, as in the above specification. 

3. Donations and legacies. 

All such funds are to be safely and profitably invested for the 
use o£ the College, and, as far as possible, for its permanent 
endowment. 

On the above plan a good beginning has been made. Already 
more than one hundred limited scholarships, and five perpetual 
scholarships, have been sold ; besides which, considerable sums 
of money have been contributed. It is hoped and believed that 
all who feel interested in the prosperity and permanency of the 
Institution, will aid, as they may find it convenient, in securing 
for it an early endowment. Donations in any sums are gratefully 
received, and the names of the donors, together with a statement 
of the sum contributed by each, are placed upon the record, and 
filed among the archives of the College. 




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Excellent Board, including fuel, room-rent, furniture, and attend- 
ance, can be obtained at $1 75 per week, 75 25 

Washing at 75 cents per month, 7 50 

Total, , #102 75 

Tuition in Collegiate Department,. . « . . $40 00 

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